109 research outputs found
Excitations in photonic crystals infiltrated with polarizable media
Journal ArticleLight propagation in a photonic crystal with incomplete band gap, infiltrated with polarizable molecules is considered. We demonstrate that the interplay between the spatial dispersion caused by Bragg diffraction and polaritonic frequency dispersion gives rise to alternative propagating excitations, or photonic-crystal-polaritons (PCP), with intragap frequencies. We derive the PCP dispersion relation and show that it is governed by two parameters, namely, the strength of light-matter interaction and detuning between the Bragg frequency and that of the infiltrated molecules. We also study defect-induced states when the photonic band gap is divided into two subgaps by the PCP branches and find that each defect creates two intragap localized states inside each subgap
Coherent umklapp scattering of light from disordered photonic crystals
Journal ArticleA theoretical study of the coherent light scattering from disordered photonic crystals is presented. In addition to the conventional enhancement of the reflected light intensity into the backscattering direction, the so-called coherent backscattering (CBS), the periodic modulation of the dielectric function in photonic crystals gives rise to a qualitatively new effect: enhancement of the reflected light intensity in directions different from the backscattering direction. These additional coherent scattering processes, dubbed here umklapp scattering (CUS), result in peaks, which are most pronounced when the incident light beam enters the sample at an angle close to the the Bragg angle. Assuming that the dielectric function modulation is weak, we study the shape of the CUS peaks for different relative lengths of the modulation-induced Bragg attenuation compared to the disorder-induced mean free path. We show that when the Bragg length increases, then the CBS peak assumes its conventional shape, whereas the CUS peak rapidly diminishes in amplitude. We also study the suppression of the CUS peak upon the departure of the incident beam from the Bragg resonance: we found that the diminishing of the CUS intensity is accompanied by substantial broadening. In addition, the peak becomes asymmetric
Evidence for Braggoriton Excitations in Opal Photonic Crystals Infiltrated with Highly Polarizable Dyes
We studied angle-dependent reflectivity spectra of opal photonic crystals
infiltrated with cyanine dyes, which are highly polarizable media with very
large Rabi frequency. We show that when resonance conditions between the
exciton-polariton of the infiltrated dye and Bragg frequencies exist, then the
Bragg stop band decomposes into two reflectivity bands with a semi-transparent
spectral range in between that is due to light propagation inside the gap
caused by the existence of braggoriton excitations. These novel excitations
result from the interplay interaction between the Bragg gap with spatial
modulation origin and the polariton gap due to the excitons, and may lead to
optical communication traffic inside the gap of photonic crystals via channel
waveguiding.Comment: LaTex, 5 pages, 3 figures include
Charged mobile complexes in magnetic fields: A novel selection rule for magneto-optical transitions
The implications of magnetic translations for internal optical transitions of
charged mobile electron-hole (--) complexes and ions in a uniform
magnetic field are discussed. It is shown that transitions of such
complexes are governed by a novel exact selection rule. Internal intraband
transitions of two-dimensional (2D) charged excitons in strong magnetic
fields are considered as an illustrative example.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figure
Internal Transitions of Two-Dimensional Charged Magneto-Excitons X-: Theory and Experiment
Internal spin-singlet and spin-triplet transitions of charged excitons X- in
magnetic fields in quantum wells have been studied experimentally and
theoretically. The allowed X- transitions are photoionizing and exhibit a
characteristic double-peak structure, which reflects the rich structure of the
magnetoexciton continua in higher Landau levels (LL's). We discuss a novel
exact selection rule, a hidden manifestation of translational invariance, that
governs transitions of charged mobile complexes in a magnetic field.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, submitted to Physica
Coherent Umklapp Scattering of Light from Disordered Photonic Crystals
A theoretical study of the coherent light scattering from disordered photonic
crystal is presented. In addition to the conventional enhancement of the
reflected light intensity into the backscattering direction, the so called
coherent backscattering (CBS), the periodic modulation of the dielectric
function in photonic crystals gives rise to a qualitatively new effect:
enhancement of the reflected light intensity in directions different from the
backscattering direction. These additional coherent scattering processes,
dubbed here {\em umklapp scattering} (CUS), result in peaks, which are most
pronounced when the incident light beam enters the sample at an angle close to
the the Bragg angle. Assuming that the dielectric function modulation is weak,
we study the shape of the CUS peaks for different relative lengths of the
modulation-induced Bragg attenuation compared to disorder-induced mean free
path. We show that when the Bragg length increases, then the CBS peak assumes
its conventional shape, whereas the CUS peak rapidly diminishes in amplitude.
We also study the suppression of the CUS peak upon the departure of the
incident beam from Bragg resonance: we found that the diminishing of the CUS
intensity is accompanied by substantial broadening. In addition, the peak
becomes asymmetric.Comment: LaTeX, 8 two-column pages, 6 figures include
Braggoriton--Excitation in Photonic Crystal Infiltrated with Polarizable Medium
Light propagation in a photonic crystal infiltrated with polarizable
molecules is considered. We demonstrate that the interplay between the spatial
dispersion caused by Bragg diffraction and polaritonic frequency dispersion
gives rise to novel propagating excitations, or braggoritons, with intragap
frequencies. We derive the braggoriton dispersion relation and show that it is
governed by two parameters, namely, the strength of light-matter interaction
and detuning between the Bragg frequency and that of the infiltrated molecules.
We also study defect-induced states when the photonic band gap is divided into
two subgaps by the braggoritonic branches and find that each defect creates two
intragap localized states inside each subgap.Comment: LaTeX, 8 pages, 5 figure
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